WSBK 2017 | The results of the eighth stage on the track of Portimao, Portugal

Today ended the eighth stage WSBK races in 2017, held in Portimao, Portugal.

The first race at Portimao

The first race started in cloudy weather with rain on all claims. From the start in the leaders once escaped command pilot Pata Honda Jonathan Ray, stayed in the lead until the fourth round, where he was in front of the first double twist spared from Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team and Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team). By the middle of the race because of the fight for the second position Sykes managed to increase its lead over rivals in three seconds.

In the second half of the race Leon Hezlam off the road, catching Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), lost the front wheel in a slow hairpin before the motorcycle Pata Honda, both pilots managed to get up, Chaz Davies yourself back to the pits, and Hezlam finished 11th. As a result, the first race win in Portimao Tom Sykes, Sylvain Guintoli was him, who even managed to get close for a while to the leader. Third went to Loris Baz him Marco Melandri and Jonathan Ray. Toni Elias (Red Devils Roma Aprilia) went off the road, Fabian Foret (Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki), Geoff May (Team Hero EBR), the pilots Grillini Kawasaki – Brian Staring and Sheridan Morais, Peter Sebestian (Team Toth BMW) and Chaz Davies – all of them finished the race ahead of schedule, returning to the pits.

WSBK Portimao 2017

The second race in Portimao

The second race in Portimao was held in rainy conditions, which had begun at the time of arrival, the Supersport, he also increased during the second Superbike race. As a result, the race was shortened, and consisted of 18 laps. The first, and quite comfortably finished the race, Jonathan Ray (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), after Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) and his teammate Marco Melandri clashed in the fifth turn of the final stages of arrival. Guintoli was able to get up and finish the race in seventh position. As a result, second place was David Julian (Ducati Superbike Team), while his team-mate Chaz Davies was able to snatch the third position from the hands of Alex Lawes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) and Leon Hezlama (Pata Honda World Superbike Team). Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) finished sixth. The winner of the first race of the day, Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) finished the race 8th, having fallen down during the race.